Monday 30 April 2012

30 April,2012 Beachy Head Cloud 2/8-7/8 ESE-E4

DC Sea-watched from 05.10 and was joined by RDME, RHC, RKH, RES & KH. DC left at 07.45 and RDME continued to sea-watch until 11.00 when we took over and watched until 12.40. We returned at 14.15 to 14.50. A total of 8 hours.We also visited several sites on the Head:

Red Throated Diver 1 E
Black Throated Diver 28 E
Diver Sp. 3 E
Great Crested Grebe 2
Gannet 340 E & 3 W
Common Scoter 251 E
Red Breasted Merganser 4 E
Sanderling 16 E
Dunlin 1 E
Bar Tailed Godwit 24 E
Whimbrel 11 E
Pomarine Skua 7 E
Arctic Skua 24 E
Bonxie 6 E
Mediterranean Gull 1 E
Sandwich Tern 38 E
Commic Tern 119 E
Little Tern 6 E
Auk Sp. 18 E
Swift 12 in off the sea
Swallow 30 in off the sea
Common Redstart 1 female in Shooters Bottom
Common Whitethroat 5
Blackcap 1

Porpoise Sp.1 off Birling